This week was a long one, Monday my day ended at 5 as usual; I stayed for I see prep class that my school offers. Tuesday and Wednesday I worked on strength and conditioning while studying. Thursday, being my favorite day of the week, I had a league game with one of the high schools I’m considering. I had, 15 points while working on distributing, being that this was not a very competitive game. Friday after school I worked out with my Gym Rat teammates. We worked out for about two hours on everything from weights, to conditioning to shooting. Saturday morning I woke up early to get the new Lebron's in reward for work in the classroom. After this I went to City Sports in preparation for my 3 pm all-star game I had. This game was at Kennedy high school in the Bronx. This was the Jim Couch all star game for the class of 2014, best of NY vs. best of NJ. This game was exiting but a bit awkward because I played with my home state of New Jersey while playing against some of my Scan teammates. On the New York team where Adeyinka Adams, Niam Thomas and Jerron Love. Shout outs to Niam who came down hard towards the beginning and broke his hip, get well soon. The game was pretty much an up and down battle as NY got out to a great start and led big at the beggining. Towards the half we picked it up cutting their 14-point lead to trail by 4 at halftime. At the half our coaches, Coach Jayden of the Playaz and my AAU coach Coach Ozzie, asked us what we were made of. Coach Jayden had said “he wanted to know if our group of guys would fold or takeover the game”. We came out strong letting the coaches know that we would not lay down to them. We took the lead and started to pull away, we all played well especially our teammate Nassir Burrino who got hot in 4th, finishing the game with MVP. I finished the game with 13 points and a few rebounds and made a couple mistakes not playing as aggressive a my coaches would’ve liked. We got the win 86 77 it was a great feeling being on the winning side of this battle. After the game I stood to watch the rising sophomores game that some of my Gym Ratz teammates were playing in, Wes Dickinson, Christian Orozco, Thomas Rivera and Jared Shill. This was a great game going into overtime while Christian Orozco took MVP. He scored 15 points between the 4th and the overtime period to lead his team to the win.
During the game I got a chance to hangout with Jordan Forehand while our parents spoke about me possibly attending St. Anthony’s next year. His parents told my dad that the honors program at the school is challenging and gratifying, and they’re very happy with their choice of school. Sunday I went to Baruch College to see if NJ could complete a 3 game sweep. This was the rising freshman game. A number of my teammates and friends also played In this, Keion Osbourne, Jordan Forehand, Jaren Sina, Robert Zeller, Kyle Menard and Manny Suarez. This was a great game, and the end NJ came out with the win beating the Connecticut all stars, giving NJ the sweep. I would like to thank, Jim Couch, legendary coach who coached many greats and his son, Shawn Couch for organizing this great event giving us a chance to showcase our talent, and all the coaches who put effort into making it a successful weekend.
Young One Out.
